CN101010466A - Plumbing fixture - Google Patents

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CN101010466A
CN101010466A CNA200580029255XA CN200580029255A CN101010466A CN 101010466 A CN101010466 A CN 101010466A CN A200580029255X A CNA200580029255X A CN A200580029255XA CN 200580029255 A CN200580029255 A CN 200580029255A CN 101010466 A CN101010466 A CN 101010466A
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03CDOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
    • E03C1/00Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
    • E03C1/02Plumbing installations for fresh water
    • E03C1/05Arrangements of devices on wash-basins, baths, sinks, or the like for remote control of taps
    • E03C1/055Electrical control devices, e.g. with push buttons, control panels or the like
    • E03C1/057Electrical control devices, e.g. with push buttons, control panels or the like touchless, i.e. using sensors
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03CDOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
    • E03C1/00Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
    • E03C1/02Plumbing installations for fresh water
    • E03C1/04Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths
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Disclosed is a plumbing fixture (10) comprising an electrically actuated valve (11) by means of which a water flow that penetrates the plumbing fixture (10) can be turned on and off. A first switch (12) that is embodied as a proximity switch is used for opening the valve (11) and thus starting the water flow. The inventive plumbing fixture additionally comprises a mechanically actuated operator's element (14) which is used for regulating another function of the plumbing fixture (10), such as the water temperature or the water quantity. A second switch (15) that is used for electrically blocking the first switch (12) is assigned to the mechanically actuated operator's element (14). For this purpose, the second switch (15) is disposed so as to respond when the additional operator's element (14) is manipulated.

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Sanitary installation
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of sanitary installation (sanitary equipment) that has electricity operation valve, described valve is used for controlling the current by sanitary installation, this sanitary installation have one be used to open valve, be designed to first switch and an operating element that is mechanically operated by that is used to regulate other function of sanitary installation near switch.
Background technology
Sanitary installation is first-class known near switch opens such as the fire hose, and closes automatically at certain time intervals.These sanitary installations also have a temperature adjustment handle that is used for the manual adjustments water temperature in some cases.Here on the layout of temperature adjustment handle, can produce some limitations.That is, the temperature adjustment handle must be arranged to can not operate near switch unintentionally in its operation, because this danger that can make user's maloperation and bring scald to the user owing to high-temperature-hot-water under extreme case.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, the objective of the invention is, provide a kind of beginning described sanitary installation, in this sanitary installation, operate the danger that brings near switch in the time of can avoiding owing to other operating element of operation unintentionally.
Described purpose can be by having claim 1 the sanitary installation of feature realize.Can draw favourable form of implementation by dependent claims.
This sanitary installation has an electricity operation valve, utilizes this electricity operation valve to open and cut off current by sanitary installation.One is designed to first switch near switch, opens valve and starts current being used to.In addition, sanitary installation also has another operating element that can be mechanically operated by, and is used to regulate other function of sanitary installation.According to the present invention, also be provided with a second switch, described second switch matches with the operating element that can be mechanically operated by and is used for electric lock and ends first switch.Described second switch is designed to response action (ansprechen) when described another operating element of operation.
Thus, can arrange first the operating element with to each other little space length, and not have the danger of false triggering near switch and mechanically operable.Except the raising of safety, because the present invention also makes the user obtain the sensation that this sanitary installation has higher-value.
Second switch also can be designed near switch aptly.This solution has especially little easily breaking down property (Fehleranf  lligkeit).
Described switch can be designed to infrared sensor or capacitance sensor.This sensor is reliable especially and practical.
This sanitary installation advantageously has a programmable control device, this control device links to each other with first and second switches, and can programme to it like this, promptly this control device sends one during first switch in operation and is used to open or the control signal of shut off valve, and, before sending control signal, only when the operation second switch, in the time period of determining, stop sending of described control signal.
Only when not opening current, just carry out locking.Latch functions acted on conversely after current were opened, promptly after current are opened, and the operation of locking first switch after the operation second switch, and also closing of lock-up solenoid valve in the time interval of determining thus.Thus can be so that the user can regulate a function of sanitary installation according to subjective sensation, it is intrafascicular for example to be placed on water with a hand as normal conditions, and is placed on the temperature adjustment handle with the another hand.
In the favourable improvement project of another kind, can programme to control device like this, being control device disconnects current according to the order (Ablauf) of switch timer by valve, and when operating second switch after providing control signal, the switch timer is resetted.
Guarantee thus, after the operator adjusts, make flow in the sufficiently long time, i.e. the official hour section of fluid flow switch timer.
In a form of implementation, this sanitary installation has one as other function and is used to regulate the blender of current temperature.In this form of implementation, the described operating element that is mechanically operated by is the temperature adjustment handle that is used to handle blender.
In another form of implementation, described other function is a regulating pondage.
In a preferred constructive form, this sanitary installation has one and is essentially columniform matrix, and described first switch arrangement is on the head sections of this matrix.The unfamiliar operator of functional mode also especially simple, intuitive is operated this sanitary installation.
Advantageously, the cylindrical base front, in user's zone, be furnished with a tubular delivery port before pointing in use, be furnished with described being designed on operating element regulating handle, other in the zone back, that deviate from water export, second switch is arranged on the end of this operating element.This makes operation directly perceived especially equally.
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With reference to the accompanying drawings embodiments of the invention are elaborated below.Wherein:
Fig. 1 illustrates the view of band near the sanitary installation of switch,
Fig. 2 illustrates the block diagram of the control device that is used for Fig. 1 sanitary installation, and
Fig. 3 illustrates the flow chart of the control program of the control device that is used for Fig. 2.
The specific embodiment
The schematic diagram of a sanitary installation 10 shown in Figure 1.Sanitary installation 10 has a columniform matrix 17, the effuser 18 before the front side of matrix is provided with a sensing.In the inside of sanitary installation one electricity operation valve (not shown) is installed, can opens and closes current by this electricity operation valve.
In the head sections 13 of matrix 17 full circle, be equipped with one, operate valves near switch 12 by this near switch 12.Also be furnished with a blender (not shown) in sanitary installation inside, described blender links to each other with the cold water joint with the domestic hot water and mixes hot water and the cold water that flows in adjustable ratio.Be provided with a temperature adjustment handle 14 in order to handle blender, this temperature adjustment handle 14 and effuser 18 relatively are arranged on the rear side of sanitary installation 10.The mixing ratio of adjusting in the blender by sideshake temperature adjustment handle 14.
Be used to open the pulse of valve and open current thus by handling near switch 12 generations one.On this manual meaning is the switch that has the noncontact characteristic near switch, and this switch can be determined the approaching of hand for example, and as approaching reaction is changed on off state.Known various different types of near switch.In this embodiment, realize with capacitance sensor near switch.For example infrared sensor is suitable equally.
The head sections 13 of nearly the sanitary installation 10 if user catches, then by determine near switch 12 this near and open current by opening valve.Because temperature adjustment handle 14 is set directly near switch 12 back with little space length, has such danger, promptly when the user holds to temperature adjustment handle 14 and streaks near near switch 12 with hand at this moment, just may trigger near switch 12.For fear of this situation, another capacitance sensor is installed in the end segments of temperature adjustment handle 14, this sensor is with acting on the sensor 15 of locking near switch 12.Switch 12 and 15 (not shown in figure 1) that links to each other with control device in the matrix that is arranged in sanitary installation 10 equally for this reason.This control device utilizes a microprocessor to realize, operation is regulated and control program on this microprocessor.
Fig. 2 shows control device 16 with block diagram.On control device 16, be connected with near switch 12 and another capacitance sensor 15.The output of control device 16 is connected to a valve actuator 19, and this valve actuator 19 links to each other with electricity operation valve 11.
The generation one when operating near switch 12 of the adjusting of operation and control program is used for the signal of valve actuator 19 in control device 16.This moment, valve actuator 19 applied an operating voltage on electricity operation valve 11, thereby electricity operation valve 11 is opened.Locking promptly switches to the state that can not operate, thereby can not produce the signal that is used for valve actuator near switch 12 in the time interval of determining when console switch 15.Thus, when carrying out the operation of switch 12 and 15 in the time window of determining, current have been avoided opening unintentionally.
Normally in service, this security function may stop the user to adjust water temperature according to sensation.Therefore can come adaptive adjusting and control program like this, promptly, when current have been opened when operating the temperature adjustment handle, the mode of action of locking is opposite, promptly, no thoroughfare in the determining time operates once more near switch 12 and comes shut off valve 11, produce such possibility thus, be that the operator can adjust according to subjective sensation, it is intrafascicular to be placed on water with a hand as common, be placed on the temperature adjustment handle 14 with the another hand, also do not close current again and can not be in one's hands when temperature adjustment handle 14, to be not intended to start near switch 12.
In addition, also move a switch timer in adjusting and control program, this switch timer passes through valve actuator 19 shut off valve 11 once more after the time period that operation is determined, and closes current thus once more.When operation second switch 15, this switch timer is reset.After adjusting water temperature, still have water to use in the sufficiently long time period thus for the user.
Fig. 3 illustrates the operation design scheme of adjusting and control program in a flowchart.When in the console switch 12,15, trigger an interruption in step 301, this IE is regulated and control program.At first in step 302, check, operation be switch 12 (S1) or switch 15 (S2).If operation S2 then is provided with a timer for switch S 2 in step 303, and withdraws from step 312 and regulate and control program.When operation S1, check in step 304 whether the timer that is used for S2 expires on the contrary.If not this situation, then do not carry out other step and withdraw from adjusting and control program immediately.Do not expire if be used for the timer of S2, when operation S1, end control program, and do not carry out its function.Thus the time period of behind operation S2 switch S 1 locking being determined, promptly locking to the timer that is used for S2 expires.Thus, the timer that is used for S2 is used for determining the time period of described locking switch S 1.
If the inspection in the step 304 draws, the timer that is used for S2 in operation during S1 expires, and promptly locking switch S 1 is no longer then proceeded with step 305 in flow chart, and one timer is set for S1.Check in step 306 then whether the timer that is used for S1 expires.Do not expire if be used for the timer of S1, will whether operate S2 with the formal check of circulation in step 307.If operated S2, do not expire as long as be used for the timer of S1, then will in step 308, one timer be set and in step 312, withdraw from adjusting and control program for S2.The timer that is used for S1 is used for determining time window, carries out the locking to S1 in this time window, to prevent to open unintentionally current when two switches of operation.
If do not operate S2 before the timer that is used for S1 expires, then whether inspection cock closes in step 309.If valve is opened, shut off valve in step 310 then, and be provided for the timer of " closing the duration ", and in step 312, withdraw from and regulate and control program.Valve kept cutting out at least in this time period of " cutting out the duration ", and can not open once more before this.Can avoid in short interval, opening and closing the labile state of valve thus.
Otherwise, if valve cuts out, then in step 311, open valve, and be provided for the timer of " opening the duration ", in step 312, withdraw from and regulate and control program.At least valve stays open before the timer that is used for " opening the duration " expires, and before this, if do not operate any one switch among S1 and the S2 during this period, valve cuts out automatically again.
As mentioned above, two switches among this embodiment 12,15 are realized by capacitance sensor.Switch 15 also can be designed to the work of contact induction ground.Replace capacitance sensor, sanitary installation 10 also can be designed to utilize any other sensor technology, precondition is that at least one is contactlessly worked in the switch 12,15.Replace capacitance sensor, switch 15 also can utilize one or more microswitches to realize alternatively, described microswitch is arranged in the inside of the matrix of sanitary installation 10 like this, and promptly at least one microswitch is depressed by temperature adjustment handle 14 when swing temperature adjustment handle 14.Equally also can discern operation thus, and can be used for locking near switch 12 by mode described above to the temperature adjustment handle.

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1. the sanitary installation that has electricity operation valve (11), described valve is used for regulating by sanitary installation (10) current, this sanitary installation comprises that one is used to open valve (11), be designed to first switch (12) near switch, and one be used to regulate other function of sanitary installation (10), the operating element of mechanically operable (14), it is characterized in that, arrange a second switch (15) that matches with the operating element (14) of mechanically operable like this, promptly, described second switch response action when handling described other operating element (14), and electric lock ends described first switch (12) when this second switch response action.
2. according to the sanitary installation of claim 1, it is characterized in that second switch (15) is designed to equally near switch.
3. according to the sanitary installation of claim 1 or 2, it is characterized in that, described first and/or second switch (12,15) be designed to infrared sensor or capacitance sensor.
4. each sanitary installation in requiring according to aforesaid right, it is characterized in that, be provided with a programmable control device (16), this control device and described first and second switches (12,15) link to each other and like this it is programmed, promptly operation first switch when (12) this control device send a control signal that is used to open or close valve (11), and only when sending the operation of the second switch (15) that takes place before the control signal, this control device stops and sends control signal in the time of determining.
5. according to the sanitary installation of claim 4, it is characterized in that, like this control device (16) is programmed, promptly control device at a switch timer to after date shut off valve (11), and when sending the operation of the second switch (15) that takes place after the control signal, the switch timer is resetted.
6. each sanitary installation is characterized in that in requiring according to aforesaid right, is provided with a blender that is used to adjust water temperature, and the operating element of wherein said mechanically operable (14) is the temperature adjustment handle that is used to handle blender.
7. each sanitary installation is characterized in that described other function is a regulating pondage in requiring according to aforesaid right.
8. each sanitary installation is characterized in that described sanitary installation (10) has one and is essentially columniform matrix (17) in requiring according to aforesaid right, and described first switch (12) is arranged on the head sections of described matrix.
9. according to the sanitary installation of claim 8, it is characterized in that, be provided with a delivery port (18) in the front area of cylindrical base (17), be provided with described another operating element (14) in its Background Region, described second switch (15) is arranged on the end of this operating element.
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